The Daily Water Zen
Posted on May 13, 2008 | Filed Under Technology, Audio-Video
Videoblogging from S.Vishwanath of the Rainwater Club, www.rainwaterclub.org
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Subject:Water
Duration: 0:26 mins
The ‘ara-ghatta’ or rope-pot system of lifting water from open wells was probably discovered in erstwhile India of the past. With its use in Iran it came to be called the Persian wheel. The araghatta itself became the rahat or reghat in North India. Ubiquitous in India it has all but disappeared with the lowering of the water table in many parts of India and the coming of the diesel and electric pump. As a device it is my surmise that the pulley which became the wheel was first discovered around water.
The well itself is a remarkable discovery. A hole in the ground which yields water allowed mankind to ‘conquer’ the open spaces and unyoke itself from the tyranny of being tied to rivers and lakes. The Persian wheel still exists in some parts of remote India and with its disappearance will go a water culture and history. The Rainwater Club strives to preserve this water culture and water history.
Persian wheel- Araghatta
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This is very interesting series. Good way to record our rich water heritage